benzoate

(noun)

Any salt or ester of benzoic acid.

Related Terms

Examples of benzoate in the following topics:

  • Benzoate Catabolism

    • Benzoate catabolism is a series of chemical reactions resulting in the breakdown of benzoate.

  • Claisen Condensation

    • Examples of such reactants are: ethyl formate (HCO2C2H5), diethyl carbonate (C2H5OCO2C2H5), ethyl benzoate (C6H5CO2C2H5) and diethyl oxalate (C2H5O2C-CO2C2H5).

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

    • A study published in The Lancet in 2007 found a link between children's ingestion of many commonly used artificial food colors, the preservative sodium benzoate and hyperactivity.

  • Acid-Base Reactions

    • The pH of the water solution of sodium benzoate may then be lowered to 1.0 by addition of hydrochloric acid, at which point pure benzoic acid crystallizes, and may be isolated by filtration.

  • Substitution Reactions of Benzene Derivatives

    • If we examine the nitration of toluene, tert-butylbenzene, chlorobenzene and ethyl benzoate in the same manner, we can assign relative rates to the ortho, meta and para sites in each of these compounds.